Would i like to see Briggs burst through? Of course. I remember the other year we were worried about talent at teh RB position…the beginning of 2008. yes, we had best and vereen but Best was recovering from hip surgery, vereen was banged up and we had Deboskie for spring practice. Do we have something to worry about compared with QB? Not so much in my opinion. I have complete faith in Gould and how he prepares these kids.

Who is David Aknin? A new FB? Walk-on? Would like to hear more.

New strength coach…awesome!

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Jan K OskiWed, 23 Mar 2011 23:17:44 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/?p=20906#comment-38352Milo- don’t forget about Coach Blasquez in getting these kids conditioned for the season. He was a major factor in DLS being undefeated all those years, and I have no doubt he’ll do the same at the next level with bigger and better athletes.

Go BEARS!

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CalfansincebirthWed, 23 Mar 2011 22:34:00 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/?p=20906#comment-38349David Aknin is a BEAST. He should get some consideration at Full Back. He had 400 yards in one game when he was at my high school
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miloWed, 23 Mar 2011 20:35:53 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/?p=20906#comment-38337Sofele can catch the ball. He should be in the slot 8-10 plays a game.

Regarding the wildcat and all…still need a good o-line to execute that formation, if not more so. Sure you can get away with less size but you still need execution. I think we’ll see a big change with Coach M in there.

briggs is good. has the size, enough speed, and has the makeup of a marshawn type…maybe…

that being said….

WATCH the highlights of brendon bigelow…this is the best running back in the country hands down. he is jbest fast, and is bigger!!!!! if his knee gets better (we should all pray) move everyone aside and let this phenom do his thing.

i want Bridgford at QB (nobody wanted maynard out of college except keenan hahah) he was like 50/50 Td/int at buffalo…the pac-12 is a little harder i would say..don’t know why everyone is so high on him..
bridg is accurate, fast delivery, just needs a little more weight. he is an aaron rodgers..while maynard is reggie robertson

a healthy BIGELOW at rb…with cj as his backup and briggs if healthy

and marv keenan tevin and clay (who has serious speed) at wr’s

now only if the 0-line with coach M can improve we will be sickkkkkkk

]]>By: Erichttp://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2011/03/22/football-spring-practice-preview-running-back/comment-page-1/#comment-38328
EricWed, 23 Mar 2011 18:29:46 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/?p=20906#comment-38328Can any of the RBs catch out of the backfield? Whoever is the best at that may have a leg up, since every year over the last 3-5 years one of the favorite plays is the wheel route to the RB and wide-side screens to the RB.

Absent a material restructuring of the playbook, it may not matter. Over the last few years, we have consistently run out of the Ace set or the shotgun (or even that idiotic wildcat) and it hasn’t worked. To the extent that there have been god gains, it usually has been through tackle-breaking one-person efforts by the likes of Forsett, Best, and Vereen. Until we get back to the I-formation, as the standard set, with the benefit of a blocking FB, and until the plays involving rollouts, rolling pockets, and called QBs are included, our RBs will get stuffed and our QB, whoever it is, will face the same problems that plagued Longshore and Riley. Maybe Coach M’s addition signals that Cal’s offense will finally figure it out.

]]>By: rotfogelhttp://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/2011/03/22/football-spring-practice-preview-running-back/comment-page-1/#comment-38323
rotfogelWed, 23 Mar 2011 15:11:36 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/beartalk/?p=20906#comment-38323DBall,
No, Bigelow is just below Briggs in terms of highest ceiling. I take it you’ve seen neither. Well, I can’t say I’ve seen much if any of Bigelow, but I have seen Briggs. Briggs has first round talent, maybe Bigelow does too, but he doesn’t have Briggs’ size and strength.
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